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laundry and house cleaning poll - for those with little ones!
dkhedmo wrote:
With a 5.5yo and a 1.5yo, I'm killing myself trying to keep up with the mounds of laundry that accumulate and I'm wondering if I'm creating my own circle of hell by using too many clothes over the course of the day/week. So, a little poll on laundry and other housecleaning items... My answers below are based on kids that are older, 11 and 13, who can be relied on to help more around the house. How many sets of clean, fresh pajamas do you use per week per child? I grew up with one set per week. My kids when they were little seemed to have a new set every night. Now that they're older I've argued, with some success, that if they haven't dribbled milk all over themselves or something, they can wear the same set over and over again. If you live in a cold climate and use undershirts, leggings under the clothes, etc, how often do you put on a clean, fresh item? Anything against the skin -- undies, undershirts, socks -- fresh every day. For those with partners working in a "professional" environment, are you ironing dresshirts or blouses, or sending them to the cleaners? Since I ride my bicycle to work, I just wear my work clothes at work. As a result, they need cleaning much, much less often. The activities that would ruin my work clothes were things like running for the bus and sweating up a storm; or coming home and immediately starting to cook and then spattering dinner on myself. If all I do is walk sedately around the office in a suit and silk blouse, these items stay nice for a long time. I send only dry-clean only suits and similar to the cleaners. I hand-wash silks and wool sweaters (even those that say dry-clean only) without dire consequence. For the members of the household who shower/bathe every day or nearly every day, how often does each person get a fresh towel? For those who bathe only a few times a week, does that person get a clean towel every time? Again, I was raised with a fresh towel once a week. My husband was raised with one use and wash. Then again, my mom was employed outside of the home, his wasn't. I try to get everyone to hang up and reuse their towels, with some success. How often do you change the bedsheets? Ha ha ha! Again, I was raised with once a week. When they were younger, I did everything once a week. Now, well...if they get fresh sheets once a month from me, they're lucky. I tell my kids that if they want fresh sheets more often, that's their responsibility. Do you ever get all the laundry put away, or are you living out of laundry baskets? We have massive laundry folding parties. Traditionally, a video is put on that everyone has seen, so no one has to be glued to it. Load after load after load is up-ended, sorted, and folded. Everyone then has to put away their laundry. How often do you thoroughly clean the primary/only bathroom? We have three bathrooms. One kid cleans one, the other the other, and a parent does the third, once a week. Since the parent will do a more thorough job than a kid, we have to rotate which bathroom is the one done by an adult. Otherwise, the kid-only cleaned bathroom starts to get really grody. How often do you mop the kitchen floor? Do you do any floor maintenance between moppings? We sweep the floor about every day. It gets mopped when it's a dire emergency. Any particular comments from those without a partner, or an absentee partner (away for work, school at night, etc) trying to handle the brunt of the household responsiblilities? One word, one website: http://www.flylady.com. Yes, it's really oriented to specifically women, and specifically those who aren't employed outside of the home. But flylady made a huge difference for us in the organization of housework in our household. We don't follow all of her rules, but it's still incredibly helpful. Warm Regards, Claire |
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laundry and house cleaning poll - for those with little ones!
Claire wrote:
dkhedmo wrote: With a 5.5yo and a 1.5yo, I'm killing myself trying to keep up with the mounds of laundry that accumulate and I'm wondering if I'm creating my own circle of hell by using too many clothes over the course of the day/week. So, a little poll on laundry and other housecleaning items... My answers below are based on kids that are older, 11 and 13, who can be relied on to help more around the house. How many sets of clean, fresh pajamas do you use per week per child? I grew up with one set per week. My kids when they were little seemed to have a new set every night. Now that they're older I've argued, with some success, that if they haven't dribbled milk all over themselves or something, they can wear the same set over and over again. One a week would be fine for me, but my kids seems to like wearing them once and thinking they're dirty. Same for DD with pants. I wear a pair of pants more than once before I think they're dirty. No one else in my house seems to follow that, however. If you live in a cold climate and use undershirts, leggings under the clothes, etc, how often do you put on a clean, fresh item? Anything against the skin -- undies, undershirts, socks -- fresh every day. Yes. Exception is DS's socks, which never seem to be changed, unless I demand it. For those with partners working in a "professional" environment, are you ironing dresshirts or blouses, or sending them to the cleaners? Since I ride my bicycle to work, I just wear my work clothes at work. As a result, they need cleaning much, much less often. The activities that would ruin my work clothes were things like running for the bus and sweating up a storm; or coming home and immediately starting to cook and then spattering dinner on myself. If all I do is walk sedately around the office in a suit and silk blouse, these items stay nice for a long time. I send only dry-clean only suits and similar to the cleaners. I hand-wash silks and wool sweaters (even those that say dry-clean only) without dire consequence. My work enviro is exceptionally casual (Shorts all summer, for example). No ironing. For the members of the household who shower/bathe every day or nearly every day, how often does each person get a fresh towel? For those who bathe only a few times a week, does that person get a clean towel every time? Again, I was raised with a fresh towel once a week. My husband was raised with one use and wash. Then again, my mom was employed outside of the home, his wasn't. I try to get everyone to hang up and reuse their towels, with some success. Towels are switched off a little less often than once a week. Or earlier, if they start to smell -- our bathroom is fairly cool, and towels don't dry well. We really need a warming towel rack. How often do you change the bedsheets? Ha ha ha! Again, I was raised with once a week. When they were younger, I did everything once a week. Now, well...if they get fresh sheets once a month from me, they're lucky. I tell my kids that if they want fresh sheets more often, that's their responsibility. Less often than once a week. The kids' sheets are changed when they look obviously dirty to me. That means quarterly DD's bed is a loft, and I can't see her sheets, therefore I assume they're clean! Do you ever get all the laundry put away, or are you living out of laundry baskets? We have massive laundry folding parties. Traditionally, a video is put on that everyone has seen, so no one has to be glued to it. Load after load after load is up-ended, sorted, and folded. Everyone then has to put away their laundry. Laundry is folded and put away. We do a couple loads every other day or so. How often do you thoroughly clean the primary/only bathroom? We have three bathrooms. One kid cleans one, the other the other, and a parent does the third, once a week. Since the parent will do a more thorough job than a kid, we have to rotate which bathroom is the one done by an adult. Otherwise, the kid-only cleaned bathroom starts to get really grody. Two bathrooms, that are cleaned once they get dirty. The one downstairs is always cleaned if we have company coming -- as that's the one they will use (and it's the kids' bathroom too, so it can get gross). How often do you mop the kitchen floor? Do you do any floor maintenance between moppings? We sweep the floor about every day. It gets mopped when it's a dire emergency. Ditto. Scott DD 12 and DS 9 |
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